Great Portland Estates PLC – Lobbying Governance & Transparency

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Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
Strong	Great Portland Estates PLC has established a clear governance process to ensure its climate-related engagement aligns with its overall climate strategy, as evidenced by the fact that “climate-related engagement is reported to the quarterly Sustainability Committee, chaired by the CEO and attended by Heads of Department from across the business” and that “the outcomes of this are also provided quarterly to the Board.” This oversight mechanism covers both direct interactions—incorporating “latest government consultations or trends”—and indirect influence via membership organizations, with the Sustainability and Social Impact Director acting as “Chair of the Better Buildings Partnership” and the Chief Executive serving on the “Policy Committee of the British Property Federation.” These senior roles and formal committees work together to ensure that “engagement by the Sustainability and Social Impact Director reflects company policy and views.” However, the company confirms that “we do not plan” to make a public commitment to conduct engagement in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and we found no evidence of a dedicated audit or third-party review of its climate lobbying alignment processes. View Sources	B

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Strong

Great Portland Estates PLC has established a clear governance process to ensure its climate-related engagement aligns with its overall climate strategy, as evidenced by the fact that “climate-related engagement is reported to the quarterly Sustainability Committee, chaired by the CEO and attended by Heads of Department from across the business” and that “the outcomes of this are also provided quarterly to the Board.” This oversight mechanism covers both direct interactions—incorporating “latest government consultations or trends”—and indirect influence via membership organizations, with the Sustainability and Social Impact Director acting as “Chair of the Better Buildings Partnership” and the Chief Executive serving on the “Policy Committee of the British Property Federation.” These senior roles and formal committees work together to ensure that “engagement by the Sustainability and Social Impact Director reflects company policy and views.” However, the company confirms that “we do not plan” to make a public commitment to conduct engagement in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and we found no evidence of a dedicated audit or third-party review of its climate lobbying alignment processes.

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Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Analysis	Score
None	No evidence found	E